Duang with You (Uncut)

I can't get over Wave! Must-Watch

All I can say is the whole show is just so cute and adorable!

I love the dedication of Duang and his unique approach to what giving up means. Qin's personality is such a great contrast to Duang's, which is probably why they fit together so well.

As for Jamie and Mavis, I actually like that they didn't get too much screen time—mostly because they totally deserve to headline their own series!

And then there's my Wave 🥺

Wave is my absolute favorite among the DMD actors, and my heart still can't quite get over him.

My heart completely broke when he couldn't find a partner on DMD Friendship, so seeing him here with a potential partner (and knowing he'll have a new series with them as a side couple, I think!) just makes my heart swell. I really hope things work out for him, but if not, I wish him all the absolute best.

Getting back to the review: I love the choice of songs—they fit the whole series and the characters so perfectly.

And the art?

💯

It was so refreshing to actually see real artistic elements, like having actual art scenes when the characters are studying art, rather than just focusing exclusively on the romance. Plus, the cinematography is simply to die for!

As for the NC scenes, they manage to be sweet and sensual at the exact same time without feeling over-the-top.

If you want a series that is light, sweet, and filled with cute-y vibes, this is definitely your best go!

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An Iceberg, a Golden Retriever, and a Romance That Somehow Works

I do not usually gravitate toward university BLs, so Duang With You had a bit of a hill to climb with me from the start. And yet somehow this very sweet, occasionally ridiculous little drama got me.

Duang falls for Qin almost immediately, and when I say immediately, I mean Qin is basically just crossing the street and Duang’s brain appears to leave his body. Then Qin sings, and whatever chance Duang had of recovering is gone. From that point forward, Duang is all in.

He is silly, dramatic, lovestruck, jealous, persistent, and sometimes so over-the-top that I wanted someone to hand him a juice box and tell him to sit down for five minutes. But what kept him from becoming annoying in the wrong way is that he never really crosses over into entitlement. He pursues Qin constantly, yes, but when Qin sets a boundary, Duang listens. He may pout about it. He may look emotionally devastated for reasons that do not remotely justify emotional devastation. But he listens.

That mattered to me.

Qin, meanwhile, is basically an iceberg with excellent bone structure.

Por Suppakarn plays him as so reserved that sometimes even Duang seems unsure whether Qin is deeply in love with him or mildly tolerating his continued existence. And honestly, I understood Duang’s insecurity. Qin is very clear when Duang does something he does not like, but he is much less skilled at communicating what he does feel.

That becomes especially obvious when Thiu comes back into the picture. Qin knows what Duang is to him. Duang does not always know what he is to Qin.

And that is really the central tension of their relationship for me.

Duang externalizes everything. Every feeling he has is basically being broadcast live from his face. Qin could probably propose marriage while looking like he was asking whether Duang wanted rice.

But I ended up loving that contrast.

Duang brings warmth, noise, persistence, and emotional openness into Qin’s very controlled world. Qin gives Duang something steadier than his own chaos. And the show does a nice job of letting their relationship build through repeated small choices rather than pretending one confession magically turns two people into a couple.

By the time they officially become boyfriends in episode 9, I was ridiculously happy for them.

This is definitely not an NC- or kiss-heavy drama, but I actually preferred that here because the intimacy felt like an extension of the relationship rather than a substitute for one.

The drama does slow down in the middle. There were definitely moments when I felt like the story did not really need all twelve episodes, and both characters can get repetitive in their own ways. Duang can be too much. Qin can be frustratingly closed off. Neither of those complaints disappeared just because I liked them together.

But somewhere along the way, I stopped caring very much.

Part of that is because this became my low-stress drama. The one I could turn on when I did not want complicated plotting or emotional devastation or twenty moving pieces to keep track of. Sometimes I do not want television to wreck me. Sometimes I just want to watch two characters who are very clearly gone over each other while one of them behaves like an excitable golden retriever and the other slowly discovers that perhaps having feelings is not actually fatal.

And TeeTee Chakkrit surprised me.

Duang does not always give him much room to show range because so much of the character is bright, silly, openly lovestruck, and comedic. But in the moments when the story gives him something quieter or more emotionally grounded to play, there are flashes of something deeper there. Episode 9 especially made me think that with the right script and a more layered character, TeeTee could be outstanding.

That is actually one of the reasons I am now very interested in seeing TeeTee and Por again in Friend Benefit. From what we have seen so far, both roles look much more emotionally complicated, and I suspect that may give them more room to show what they can really do.

Duang With You is not extraordinary, and I do not think it is trying to be.

It is light. It is sweet. It is occasionally slow. It is occasionally ridiculous. Qin annoyed me sometimes. Duang annoyed me sometimes.

And I still adored them.

Because underneath everything else, what stayed with me was simply how much these two love each other.

And apparently that was enough.

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Maybe I’m expecting too much from the dramas I watch

The premise is good, 2 outstanding and gorgeous male students meet, fall in love, overcome childhood trauma and become each other’s anchor, but I felt there was no real common thread (other than Duang chasing Qin and Qin playing hard to get) between the various mini stories so to me it all felt a little disjointed and padded out for the sake of 12 episodes.

Don’t get me wrong, there was still plenty to enjoy- the acting was great (though Duang wouldn’t have lasted long in my world as I found the character Teetee played too annoying and would have probably decked him by their second encounter if I’d been Qin), with several little cameos dropped in here and there (Nunew, Max & Nat) and the support actors added depth and warmth and sweet subplots to the whole thing. The production values were great and the backdrops to their love story were amazing.

The final scene, showing flashbacks to their journey were cute but overall this did not save this drama from being dropped into ‘the no chance I’d watch this again bucket’

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One of the best BLs I've ever watched

I haven't watched a BL this beautiful and heartfelt since the Japanese Cherry Magic. Duang and Qin are such well-developed characters and stand so well on their own, and then together they just make each other even better. The relationship is beautifully portrayed, especially in the way they support each other and lift each other up. I also loved the friendship groups and the way they interacted with each other.

The secondary couple was quite weak, but only in the sense that they were boring and somewhat underdeveloped. They are easy to ignore and don't take up too much screen time. Jamie on his own however, was one of my favourite characters. I just wish he'd been given a more interesting love interest.

Overall, this show was a breath of fresh air after a lot of the other BLs that have been released recently (I'm looking at you, Revenged Love) and I was so happy to get to watch a carefully and mostly realistically written queer couple just be happy and in love for a change.

If you struggle with cringe, proceed with caution, this show can be veryyyyyyy cheesy but it's balanced well with the serious moments and it suits the style of the story they are telling.

This is easily in my top 3 BL of all time, and I can't to rewatch it over and over :D

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By far the best BL series I've ever seen.

I'd wanted to watch Boyslove for a long time and finally started it three days ago.
I found the first episode funny and I really liked Duang. I became obsessed from the second episode onwards. The series was so funny and cute. I always got butterflies in my stomach during sweet moments or when Duang brought his face closer to Qin's. My heart always raced during Spicy moments or sweet moments, and I smiled often.

I found Quin's backstory very realistic. At the beginning of the series, he was introverted, never smiled, and hardly spoke. And very closed off. The backstory tells us why he is the way he is. Often, tragic things happen to people in childhood that continue to haunt them into adulthood. The series illustrated that well.

I always found Duang's character really funny, and how he sometimes behaved like a dog. He was the funniest part of the show and I laughed a lot. But I also found it cute how clingy he was towards Qin and how quickly he became jealous.

To the side couple:
I thought they were cute too, but there could have been more scenes of them. Yes, of course the series isn't about the two of them, but they didn't had the best chemistry yet. But I found it funny how Jamie ended up being like Duang.

I Love this bl

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uma história fofa e profunda

A primeira vista é uma história clichê, mas a história tem tantas nuances lindas e legais. O Duang é um personagem completamente cativante e fofo. Gosto de como todo o romance cresce e amadurece, de como eles conversam, se abrem, se ajudam e se curam juntos. Eles sempre conversam e fazem com que todas as coisas sejam bem estabelecidas. Os personagens secundários são ótimos, os amigos do Qin que sempre estão ali pra apoiar, os amigos do Duang são perfeitos. E dessa série tivemos o tão querido Jamie marvis e além disso o thee e o wave agora são um shipp fixo. Essa série é boa demais, gostosa pra assistir e relaxar

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